Daily Links: Free Downloadable Suze Orman e-Book!

Want a free book from financial guru Suze Orman? Until 8pm Eastern on the evening of February 14th, the Oprah Winfrey site is giving away a free PDF version of Orman’s latest book, Women & Money. To find the download, scroll to the bottom of this page. The book is available in both English and Spanish editions. (Thanks, Anne!)

If you want something a bit more romantic than a personal finance book today, check out Xin Lu’s article at Wise Bread: “Cheap and romantic ideas for Valentine’s Day (and any other day of the year)”. My favorite suggestion? “Do something that your partner likes to do but you do not necessarily appreciate…Doing something you normally would not do for the sake of your mate can be very romantic.”

Finally, here’s an article that just might help our household save money. Kris and I have four cats. We do what we can to keep the expenses down, but they still cost us several hundred dollars a year. Thus I was pleased to find an article about how to save money on cats at The Way of Cats. Note that most some of the info here is also applicable to dogs.

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Ooh, thanks for the free PDF link! And that is a gorgeous photo. Someday i’d love to have a cat to save money on. :P
Also, i pretty much ignore Valentines day, but Google’s image for it this year is really cool. They’re on the retirement theme too!

How sad for your wife! You brag about it too. Very impressive, and oh so romantic. Every holiday is commercialized in this country. Why don’t you make her a Valentine or make her a nice romantic dinner. It’s your choice to ‘uncommercialize’ your holidays but to skip Valentines’s is just plain sad for your wife. If I didn’t get a Valentine from my husband and my birthday was the following week I’d go on a vacation by myself for my birthday!
Thanks for the book link, JD.
Happy Valentine’s!

While the general common sense measures of proper vet care and good diet are applicable, there is little else in the cat article that can be applied to dogs. For instance, dogs must be vaccinated on the schedule required for their vaccines. Most county health departments require it.

@IJS: I’m not JerichoHill’s wife, but I know that my husband and I never “celebrate” Valentine’s Day as a matter of personal agreement… we choose to celebrate days that have personal significance to us, and disregard the pack. I am a wife whose husband doesn’t do anything for her on Valentine’s Day and I’m not saddened by it – in fact, I’m proud of him.

@Michelle[7]
If you just click on the link, IE will attempt to open the file with your PDF reader. This is probably what’s causing the problem. Try right-clicking on the file, and choosing “Save target as…” (or whatever sounds similar!). This will download the file instead of opening it.

Ahhh, I wish the items in that article *always* resulted in lower vet bills. We paid almost $2,500 in vet bills last year alone (we have three cats and one dog). Funny enough, the one outdoor cat (whom we inherited when we bought the house) was the cheapest of the lot, she just got a wellness visit and one vaccination. We feed them only high quality food (Canidae and Felidae) and yet one of the indoor cats got what seems to be a UTI this week (still waiting on results of urinalysis). So $180 later, we’re hoping that the antibiotics do their trick. Owning pets is definitely not for the faint of wallet *ahem* heart.

Thanks JD for the mention and nice note on our post on resources for Early Retirement. We really appreciate it. Actually we are grateful to you for setting the initiative to compile the resources in one place.
And we really love the photo of your cat Simon. We are cat lovers and your link is well appreciated.
Have a nice weekend ahead.
Cheers,
FIRE Finance

@Rachel – You might ask your vet if you need to change the cat’s diet. Male cats can be prone to UTI if they are getting too much protein (I think) or other intakes (according to my vet tech mother). That’s not to say that they will be prone to this, but that they can be.

To everyone else – Your local animal shelter (if they are reputable – some are not, sadly) can be a great source for tips about containing pet related costs.

I completely missed out on the chance to download this book. Can anyone send me a copy? I’ve been looking around & found someone selling the version of the ebook on ebay. I don’t want to buy it off that person… I don’t think its right.

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